TheRamadanOfShaykhAl-hadithMuhammadZakariyyaKandhelviAndOurEldersByShaykhDrMuhammadIsmailMemonMadani

Ramadan of the EldersMy uncle departed for his third hajj in the first days of Ramađān.‘Alī Miāń writes in the biography, “He went for hajj the third timein 1351/1933. The moon was sighted in Niżām al-Dīn. Ĥađratprayed his first tarāwīĥ in Delhi railway station and boarded thetrain to Karachi after tarāwīĥ.”I was also there to see my uncle off. After stowing his luggage onthe train, my uncle led tarāwīĥ in the station. In addition to thosewho came to see Ĥađrat off, many of the locals from Dehli alsostood behind Ĥađrat in tarāwīĥ. Some people prayed tarāwīĥ intheir masjids, then joined Ĥađrat, since tarāwīĥ started early in themasjids while Ĥađrat started late because he was busy putting hisluggage on the train. He started with Sūrat al-Baqara and recitedcalmly as if he was leading in his own masjid. The train was latebecause of which the departure time was delayed for an hour andfifteen minutes.My uncle always raised the subject of tablīgh much like ShaikhYūsuf [even now, thousands of people are witness to this]. It washis habit regardless of what he was doing, whether he was eating,drinking or wherever he was, on the train or at the railway station,he was always talking about tablīgh.Muĥammad Thānī writes in Sawāniĥ-e-Yūsufī [Biography ofShaikh Yūsuf ], that Ĥađrat was very particular about the month ofRamadan. Many tablīgh groups came in from Mewāt to the centerof tablīgh, Niżām al-Dīn, while many others were dispatched todifferent places; local tablīgh work was also stepped up.e171